Bezhin Meadow

Duration: 28

Year Published: 1974

Creator: Sergei Eisenstein

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Reconstructs, in stills, Sergei Eisenstein's 1932 film of the struggle between old and new forces in Russia as symbolized in a story of a young boy who opposes his cruel father's sabotage of a collective wheat farm. Contains the dismantling of the church and a battle between the incendiaries with guns and the collective farmers with tractors. Opens with an explanation of the film's history, including its ban in 1937 and the destruction of all copies during World War II bombings.

Complete Record: Reconstructs, in stills, Sergei Eisenstein's 1932 film of the struggle between old and new forces in Russia as symbolized in a story of a young boy who opposes his cruel father's sabotage of a collective wheat farm. Contains the dismantling of the church and a battle between the incendiaries with guns and the collective farmers with tractors. Opens with an explanation of the film's history, including its ban in 1937 and the destruction of all copies during World War II bombings., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.